THANK YOU!

WSLR and Maternally Yours send a huge THANK YOU to all those who donated in our Spring Membership Drive. Your donation shows your support for independent community radio, and it helps the station move closer to their goal of becoming 100% solar-powered!  

A big thanks to:

Peter Acker
Jason Boehk
Phyllis Bozeman
David Brain
Cierra Coleman
Lara Costa
Maggie Davenport
Wayne Genthner
Laura Gilkey
Gana Gilkey
Walker Karaa
Lori Nikolic
New Dad's Place
Damen Shaqiri

Episode 184: VBAC (Epilogue)

Read the full epilogue for this episode here.

Jen Kamel from VBAC Facts will be speaking in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on Saturday, May 2 and in Oklahoma City on Saturday, July 25. If you can't make those events, you can still subscribe to Kamel's newsletter when registration for her class opens in summer.

Episode 184: VBAC

Join the Conversation on Tuesday, April 28th at 6 p.m. ET as Laura and Ryan take a look at Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) in America. What are the trends? What are the facts? What are your rights? Is it safe? Tune in and find out as we listen to the experts. We will welcome Jen Kamel, author of the website VBACfacts.com, as well as Erin Ernst, the leader of the local International Cesarean Awareness Network and mother of two. We will also hear from Tamara Taitt, co-planner of the upcoming 2012 VBAC Summit in Miami, Florida. Have a question for our hosts or guests? Please email us or post to our Facebook page.

Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or listen live online at www.wslr.org on Tuesday, April 28th at 6:00 p.m. ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast on iTunes or at maternallyyoursradio.com.

For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, on Twitter @MaternallyRadio, or on our Facebook page.

Maternally Yours,

Laura, Ryan and Dana

It's the LAST DAY to show your support!

We want to say THANK YOU to everyone who called us last night to pledge support to the amazing station that gives Maternally Yours a voice. 

Didn't get a chance to call us last night? It's not too late. You can still donate and become a member of WSLR right now. There's no better way to support independent, listener-focused broadcasting. 

There are three ways to donate :

1: Call us at (941) 894-6469 and a volunteer will help you make your donation. If you're so inclined, tell them you enjoy our program.

2. Mail a check made out to WSLR  to P.O. Box 2540, Sarasota, FL 34230.

3. Pledge your support online at www.wslr.org. You can choose a sweet thank you gift and check out all of the programming and events we are proud to offer our community. 

Want your dollars to go even farther? Pledge an additional amount to the WSLR 2 for 1 Solar Campaign! Here's how it works: pledge $35 to become a member of the station and support Maternally Yours. Add an additional $5 to the WSLR solar campaign and it gets matched with $10 for a total contribution of $15 going directly to make WSLR 100% energy independent! We wish our dollars multiplied like that all the time! Our first 5 KW system is up and running. Help WSLR become two thirds solar powered with a second 5 KW Solar System on the roof of 525 Kumquat Court. 

Spring Membership Drive!

Fifty two times a year, the Maternally Yours Collective donates our time, preparation, research, production and LOVE to the WSLR 96.5 Community Radio airwaves so that the women and families in our community and beyond can receive evidence-based information for their family-growing years. Just TWO times a year, we ask that you give a little something back to this radio station that gave us a voice over 180 Episodes ago.

This Spring, we will be asking you to call in on Tuesday, April 21st to show us your love and support LIVE ON THE AIR at (941) 954-8636.

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Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or listen live online at www.wslr.org on Tuesday, April 21st at 6:00 p.m. ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast on iTunes or at maternallyyoursradio.com.

For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, on Twitter @MaternallyRadio, or on our Facebook page.

Maternally Yours,

Laura, Ryan and Dana

Now is the time to show your support for WSLR and Maternally Yours!

To our loyal listeners:

YOUR community has ONE voice that is entirely independent of corporate sponsorship or government funding. Instead, we operate and air the news and music you love ENTIRELY because of listener support and volunteer COMMUNITY voices.

Now, you have a chance to be a part of this voice, and affect truth and change in your community. Please show your support for Maternally Yours and community radio by pledging a donation to WSLR!
Want your dollars to go even farther? Pledge an additional amount to the WSLR 2 for 1 Solar Campaign! Here's how it works: pledge $35 to become a member of the station and support Maternally Yours. Add an additional $5 to the WSLR solar campaign and it gets matched with $10 for a total contribution of $15 going directly to make WSLR 100% energy independent! We wish our dollars multiplied like that all the time! Our first 5 KW system is up and running. Help WSLR become two thirds solar powered with a second 5 KW Solar System on the roof of 525 Kumquat Court. 

There are three ways to donate :

1: Call us at (941) 894-6469 and a volunteer will help you make your donation. If you're so inclined, tell them you enjoy our program. Even better, we'd LOVE it if you called us live next Tuesday, April 21st between 6 and 7 p.m. -- but we'll thank you on the air either way.

2. Mail a check made out to WSLR  to P.O. Box 2540, Sarasota, FL 34230.

3. Pledge your support online at www.wslr.org. You can choose a sweet thank you gift and check out all of the programming and events we are proud to offer our community. 

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In October 2011, Maternally Yours presented a concept to WSLR for a program about pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood, with a focus on a need for reform in maternity and postpartum care in this country. The Board of Directors and Program Committee welcomed our show with open arms. We have no intention of ending the conversation any time soon. But we need your help!

On Tuesday, we'll volunteer our research, production, content, conversation, guests and voices, just like we started doing over 180 episode ago. We are asking you to give us a sign that you appreciate the conversation and the change it is bringing, and hope to hear it for months and years to come.

Be sure to tune in on April 21st at 6pm ET as the Maternally Yours Collective gathers together to celebrate this conversation and the platform that makes it possible. We thank you for your continued support. Remember, YOU have a voice here at WSLR. 

For more information, please contact the hosts of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, on Twitter @MaternallyRadio, or on our Facebook page.

Maternally Yours,

Laura, Ryan and Dana

Episode 182: Kids in Nature

Join the Conversation on April 14th for a discussion on how to encourage your children to connect with nature and spark the interest in conservation. Our guests will be Dr. Reed Noss, conservation biologist and ecologist and Dr. Scott D. Sampson, paleontologist and passionate science communicator. Have a question for our hosts or guests? Please email us or post to our Facebook page.

Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or listen live online at www.wslr.org on Tuesday, April 14th at 6:00 p.m. ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast on iTunes or at maternallyyoursradio.com.

For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, on Twitter @MaternallyRadio, or on our Facebook page.

Maternally Yours,

Laura, Ryan and Dana

Episode 181: LGBTQ Parenting (Epilogue)

To view the full epilogue for this episode, click here.

Episode 181: LGBTQ Parenting

Join the Conversation on April 7th at 6:00 p.m. ET as we go back to Episode 34 where Laura and Carmela talk about LGBTQ parenting and the issues same sex couples and their children face. They are joined by the president of Equality Florida, Nadine Smith, as well as Maggie Davenport, local mother of two and Assistant Executive Director at ALSO Youth. We will also hear from other LGBT parents around the state by phone.  Have a question for our hosts or guests? Please email us or post to our Facebook page.

Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or listen live online at www.wslr.org on Tuesday, April 7th at 6:00 p.m. ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast on iTunes or at maternallyyoursradio.com.

For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, on Twitter @MaternallyRadio, or on our Facebook page.

Maternally Yours,

Laura, Ryan and Dana